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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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