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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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