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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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