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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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