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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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