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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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