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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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