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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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