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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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