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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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