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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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