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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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