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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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