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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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