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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the 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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