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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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