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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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