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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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