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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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