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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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