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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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