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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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