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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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