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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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