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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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