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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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