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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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