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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the 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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