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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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