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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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