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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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