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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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