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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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