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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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