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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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