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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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