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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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