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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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