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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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