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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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