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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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