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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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