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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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