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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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