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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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