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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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