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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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