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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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