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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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