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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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