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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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