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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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