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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important 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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