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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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