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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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