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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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