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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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