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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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