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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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