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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources