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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews 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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