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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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