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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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