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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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