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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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