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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education make it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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