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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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