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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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