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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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