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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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