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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. 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 massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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