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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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