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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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