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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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