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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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