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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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