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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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