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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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