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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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