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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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