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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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