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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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