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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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