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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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