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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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