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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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