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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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