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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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