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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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