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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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