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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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