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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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