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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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