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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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