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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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