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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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