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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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