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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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