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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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