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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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