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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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