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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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