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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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