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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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