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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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