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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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