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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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