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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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