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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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