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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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