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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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