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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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