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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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