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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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