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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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