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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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