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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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