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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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