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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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