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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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