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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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