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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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