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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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