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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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