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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models 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 teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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