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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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