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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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