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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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