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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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