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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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