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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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