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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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