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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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