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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need 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 resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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