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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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