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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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