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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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