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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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