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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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