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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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