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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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