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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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