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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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