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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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