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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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