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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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