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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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