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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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