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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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