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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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