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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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