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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education enable learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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