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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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