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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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