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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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