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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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