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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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