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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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