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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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