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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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