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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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