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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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