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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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