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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies 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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