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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important 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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