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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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