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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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