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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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