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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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