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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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