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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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