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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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