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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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