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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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