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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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