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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates 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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