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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning enable students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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