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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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