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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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