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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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