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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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