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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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