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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers 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 evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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