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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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