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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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