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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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