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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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