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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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