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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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