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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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