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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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