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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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