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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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