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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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