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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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