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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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