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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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