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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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