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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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