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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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