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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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