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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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