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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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