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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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