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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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