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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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