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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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