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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models 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? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts 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 authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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