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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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