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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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