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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants 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 issues that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes 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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