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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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