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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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