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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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