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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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