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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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