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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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