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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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