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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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