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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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