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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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