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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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