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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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