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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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