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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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