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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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