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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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