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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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