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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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