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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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