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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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