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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the major 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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