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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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