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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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