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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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