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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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