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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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