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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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