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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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