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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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