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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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