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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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