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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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