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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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