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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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