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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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