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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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