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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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