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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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