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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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