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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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