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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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