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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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