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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key 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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