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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major 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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