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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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