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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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