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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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