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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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