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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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