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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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