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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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