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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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