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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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