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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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