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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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