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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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