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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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