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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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