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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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