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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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