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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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