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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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