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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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