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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses 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. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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