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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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