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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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