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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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