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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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