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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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