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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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