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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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