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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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