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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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