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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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