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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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