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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important 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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