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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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