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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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