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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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