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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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