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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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