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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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