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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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