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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major 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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