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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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