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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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