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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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