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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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