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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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