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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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