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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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