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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews 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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