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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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