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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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