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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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