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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions 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 we manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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