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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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