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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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