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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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