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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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