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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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