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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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