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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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