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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the most important 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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