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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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