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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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