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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure 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 MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the 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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