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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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