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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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