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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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