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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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