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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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