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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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