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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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