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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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