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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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