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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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