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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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