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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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