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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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