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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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