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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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