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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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