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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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