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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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