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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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