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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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