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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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