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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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