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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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