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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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