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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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