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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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