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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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