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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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