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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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