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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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