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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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