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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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