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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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