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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the key 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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