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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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