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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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