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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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