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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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