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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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