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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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