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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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