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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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