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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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