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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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