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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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