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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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