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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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