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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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