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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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