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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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