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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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