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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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