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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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