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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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