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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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