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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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