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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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