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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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