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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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