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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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