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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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