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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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