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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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