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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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