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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education ventures. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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