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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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