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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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