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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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