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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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