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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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