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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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