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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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