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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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