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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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