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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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