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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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