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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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