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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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