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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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