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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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