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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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