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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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