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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education