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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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