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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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