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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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