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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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