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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new 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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