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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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