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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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