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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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