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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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