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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes 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 classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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