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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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