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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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