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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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