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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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