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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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