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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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