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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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