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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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