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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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