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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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