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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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