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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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