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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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