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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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