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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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