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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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