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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the 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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