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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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