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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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