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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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