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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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