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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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