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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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