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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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