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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses 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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