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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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