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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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