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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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