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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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