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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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