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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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