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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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