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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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