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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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