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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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