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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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