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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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