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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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