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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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