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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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