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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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