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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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