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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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