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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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