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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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