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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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