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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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