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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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