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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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