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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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