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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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