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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes 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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