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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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