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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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