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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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