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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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