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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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