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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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