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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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