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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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