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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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