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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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