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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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