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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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