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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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