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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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