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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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