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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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