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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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