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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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