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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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