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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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