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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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