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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. 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. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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