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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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