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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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