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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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