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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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