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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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