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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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