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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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