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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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