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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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