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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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