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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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