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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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