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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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