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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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