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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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