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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering students all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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