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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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