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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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