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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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