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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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