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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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