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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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