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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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