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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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