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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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