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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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