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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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